SAP Scrum Master

Job Type: Contract – 9+ months with anticipated long-term extensions up to 5 years

Location: Oakland, CA

Work Arrangement: Hybrid – onsite Tuesday through Thursday

Compensation: Competitive hourly rate

We are seeking an experienced SAP Scrum Master / Project Lead to support a large-scale, multi-year SAP transformation program. This individual will lead two SAP-focused Scrum teams within a Supply Chain workstream and partner closely with program leadership, functional teams, cross-functional stakeholders, and system implementation partners.

The program operates in a hybrid Agile/Waterfall environment
, utilizing two-week sprints, daily Scrum ceremonies, quarterly Program Increment (PI) Planning, and structured project-management processes.

This is an initial 9+ month contract with anticipated 12-month extensions. The broader transformation has approximately four additional years of planned work, creating the potential for a long-term engagement across multiple releases.

• Serve as the Scrum Master / Project Lead for two SAP-focused Scrum teams within a larger enterprise transformation.
• Lead daily standups and facilitate Scrum ceremonies for teams that may include approximately 15–20 participants.
• Facilitate sprint planning, sprint reviews, backlog management, and other Agile/Scrum activities.
• Manage two-week sprint cycles and ensure work remains aligned with project priorities, timelines, and dependencies.
• Identify and help remove blockers impacting team delivery.
• Manage and track sprint activities, stories, iterations, and backlogs using Jira or a comparable Agile project-management platform
  .
• Serve as a testing coordinator/champion, helping organize testing activities and defect management during the SAP implementation.
• Coordinate with functional teams during System Integration Testing (SIT) and other testing phases.
• Collaborate across multiple work streams to understand timelines, dependencies, risks, and potential impacts.
• Partner with business stakeholders, program leadership, and system implementation partners to drive project delivery.
• Raise risks and concerns appropriately and help facilitate solutions across teams.
• Participate in quarterly Program Increment (PI) Planning and support planning across upcoming releases.
• Adapt to changing priorities as the transformation progresses through multiple implementation phases.

• Professional experience working within SAP environments
  , including SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4
  
  HANA.
• Experience supporting functional SAP teams and business-facing SAP initiatives
  .
• Experience as a Scrum Master, Project Lead, Project Manager, or similar delivery-focused role
  .
• Hands‑on experience facilitating Scrum ceremonies, sprint planning, standups, reviews, and backlog management.
• Experience using Jira or another Scrum/Agile project-management tool to manage sprints, iterations, stories, and backlogs.
• Experience coordinating cross‑functional teams and managing dependencies across multiple stakeholders or work streams.
• Strong communication, facilitation, collaboration, and stakeholder‑management skills.
• Ability to work effectively within a hybrid environment incorporating both Agile and traditional project‑management practices.
• Ability to work onsite in Oakland, CA Tuesday through Thursday
  .

• SAP S/4
  
  HANA transformation or implementation experience.
• Experience supporting SAP Supply Chain teams or related functional work streams.
• Experience participating in Program Increment (PI) Planning
  .
• Experience coordinating SAP testing activities, including System Integration Testing (SIT).
• Experience with Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) or comparable testing/defect‑management tools.
• Experience working with large system…